CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES AND INFORMATION Chicago White Sox Media Relations Department 333 W. 35th Street Chicago, IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Senior Director: Bob Beghtol Assistant Director: Ray Garcia Manager: Billy Russo Coordinators: Joe Roti and Hannah Sundwall © 2018 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com loswhitesox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox WHITE SOX 2018 BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (4-10) at OAKLAND A'S (8-10) Sox After 14/15 in 2017 ..............................7-7/7-8 Streak ...................................................... Lost 3 RHP Carson Fulmer (0-1, 4.66) vs. RHP Andrew Triggs (1-0, 2.87) Current Trip...................................................0-3 Game #15/Road #9 Wednesday, April 18, 2018 2:35 p.m. CT Oakland Coliseum Last Homestand ...........................................1-5 NBC Sports Chicago WGN Radio 720-AM NBCSportsChicago.com Last 10 Games .............................................2-8 Series Record ............................................1-5-0 Series First Game.........................................1-5 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. OAKLAND First/Second Half ..................................4-10/0-0 Home/Road ............................................1-5/3-5 The Chicago White Sox have lost three straight games, eight The A's lead the season series, 2-0. Day/Night ................................................2-5/2-5 of their last nine and 10 of 12 as they conclude a scheduled The White Sox are batting .215/.261/.323 (14-65) with a 9.00 Grass/Turf ...............................................3-8/1-2 seven-game trip this afternoon in Oakland. ERA (16 ER/16.0 IP) and have been outscored, 18-3. Opp. Above/At-Below .500 .....................1-2/3-8 RHP Carson Fulmer takes the mound for the White Sox, who The Sox were 1-5 in 2017 (0-3 at home and 1-2 on the road) vs. RHS/LHS ..........................................3-7/1-3 are off to their worst 14-game start since 1997 (also 4-10). for their fi rst losing record against Oakland since 2013. vs. AL East/Central/West ..................2-4/2-4/0-2 Interleague....................................................0-0 The Sox are 0-3 on this trip to Minnesota (0-1, three postpone- The White Sox are 287-309 all-time, going 149-146 at home Comeback Wins/Losses ...............................3/3 ments) and Oakland (0-2), including a 10-2 loss last night. (61-64 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and 138-163 on the road. Extra Innings.................................................0-1 Following today's game and a day off tomorrow, the Sox return One-Run/Two-Run Games .....................3-3/0-2 home for six games vs. Houston (4/20-22) and Seattle (4/23-25). WILD WILD WEST Ahead After 6/7/8 ..............................1-1/1-1/4-1 The White Sox went 1-5 on their last homestand vs. Detroit The White Sox are 0-2 vs. the American League West in 2018 Behind After 6/7/8 .............................2-8/2-9/0-9 Tied After 6/7/8 .................................1-1/1-0/0-0 (0-3) and Tampa Bay (1-2), and 3-2 on their fi rst trip to Kansas … they went 15-18 last season (7-10 on the road), winning nine of their last 14 games after losing 13 of their fi rst 19. Sox/opp. Score First ...............................2-3/2-7 City (2-0) and Toronto (1-2). Sox/opp. Score 4+ ..................................3-4/1-9 The Sox are 178-156 vs. the AL West since 2008, including a Sox/opp. Score 3 or Less .......................1-6/3-1 TODAY'S STORYLINES 76-90 record on the road. April/May/June ................................4-10/0-0/0-0 The White Sox are looking to avoid their fi rst three-game sweep July/August/Sept...............................0-0/0-0/0-0 at the Oakland Coliseum since 5/31-6/2/13. QUALITY IS JOB ONE Average Time of Game ............................... 3:14 The White Sox have made a major-league leading 1,321 The Sox are 1-7 in their last eight games against Oakland. UPCOMING PROBABLES quality starts since the start of the 2003 season, four more than The White Sox are hitting .199 (51-256) with 15 runs scored AT OAKLAND A'S over their last eight games … they are 5-62 (.081) with RISP the Mets and 47 more than Oakland, the next-closest American Wednesday: 2:35 p.m. CT, NBCSCH during that span, leaving 62 runners on base. League team. RHP Carson Fulmer (0-1, 4.66) vs. Sox starting pitchers have issued 43 walks this season, the The Sox are tied for sixth in the American League with six RHP Andrew Triggs (1-0, 2.87) most in the American League and fourth-most in the majors. quality starts in 2017. VS. HOUSTON ASTROS Chicago has hit 16 of its 19 home runs this season on the Friday: 7:10 p.m. CT, NBCSCH ABREU IN ELITE COMPANY road, second-most in the AL. TBA vs. José Abreu is one of three players in major-league history RHP James Shields (1-0, 4.15) José Abreu is a career .303/.369/.596 hitter with nine home to begin his career with at least four consecutive seasons of Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT, WGN runs and 22 RBI in 28 games vs. Oakland. 25-plus homers and 100-plus RBI, joining Hall-of-Famer Joe TBA vs. RHP Lucas Giolito (0-2, 5.50) LAST NIGHT'S RECAP DiMaggio (1936-41) and Albert Pujols. Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, WGN Oakland scored fi ve runs in the fi rst inning and went on to hand Abreu also has joined Al Simmons (11, 1924-34), Pujols (10, TBA vs. the White Sox a 10-2 defeat in front of 46,028 fans. 2001-10), Ted Williams (1939-42, '46-49) and DiMaggio (1936- RHP Reynaldo López (0-2, 1.42) 42) as the only players in history to record 100 or more RBI in Miguel González suff ered the loss, allowing eight runs on eight WHITE SOX VS. OAKLAND (0-2) hits over 3.0 IP to fall to 0-3 with a 12.41 ERA (17 ER/12.1 IP) each of his fi rst four seasons. Date H/R Result WP LP He led the American League with 343 total bases in 2017, over three starts this season. 4/16 R L, 1-8 Mengden López Héctor Santiago (2.0 IP), Joakim Soria (1.0) and Nate Jones joining Albert Belle (399 in 1998), Minnie Miñoso (304 in 1951) 4/17 R L, 2-10 Cahill González (1.0) each made scoreless relief appearances. and Joe Jackson (293 in 1916) as the only players in Sox his- 4/18 R 2:35 p.m. CT NBCSCH Yoán Moncada reached base safely three times and broke up tory to accomplish that feat. 6/21 H 7:10 p.m. CT NBCSCH+ Oakland's shutout bid with a two-run homer (No. 2) off Ryan Dull 6/22 H 7:10 p.m. CT NBCSCH AT THE HELM in the eighth. 6/23 H 1:10 p.m. CT NBCSCH Rick Renteria is in his second season after being named the 6/24 H 1:10 p.m. CT WGN The Sox went 2-10 with RISP, left eight runners on base and 40th manager in White Sox history on 10/3/16. struck out a season-high tying 14 times. SOX ON THE ROAD TRIP (0-3) Renteria was the only Latino manager in the major leagues in at MIN/OAK ............................................0-1/0-2 PROGRAMMING NOTES 2017 but has been joined by Boston's Alex Cora and Washing- Runs Scored/Allowed .................................3/22 The White Sox-Twins game scheduled for 4/13 will be made ton's Dave Martinez in 2018. AVG/OBP/SLG/HR ...................179/.220/.253/2 up on 6/5 as part of a straight doubleheader beginning at 3:10 ERA .................................. 7.13 (19 ER/24.0 IP) HAWK'S FAREWELL Quality Starts ................................................... 2 p.m. CT … both games will air on NBCSCH. Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, who is in his 33rd and fi nal season in Saturday's postponment has been rescheduled for 9/28 as MOST QUALITY STARTS, 2003- the White Sox television booth in 2018, will work primarily Sunday part of a split doubleheader (1:10 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. starts) … Club QS home games this season as well as select other contests. WGN will carry the opener and NBCSCH the nightcap. White Sox ................................................1,321 Harrelson will serve the organization as a team ambassador Sunday's postponement will be made up on 8/20 (previously New York-NL .............................................1,317 throughout the 2019 season, which will mark the beginning of a mutual off day) at 6:10 p.m., with NBCSCH carrying the game. St. Louis.................................................... 1,307 his eighth decade in baseball. Los Angeles-NL ........................................ 1,287 According to Elias, Chicago and Minnesota's three straight Chicago-NL ...............................................1,284 postponements last weekend are the most in the major leagues CALL TO THE HALL WHITE SOX CAREER HR LEADERS since Seattle and Cleveland endured four in a row in April 2007. Jim Thome, who played for the White Sox from 2006-09 and serves as a special assistant to the general manager, will be Player HR ON THIS DATE … 2007 10. Ron Kittle ...............................................140 inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on 7/29/18. Mark Buehrle threw the 16th no-hitter in White Sox history in 11. José Valentín .........................................136 Thome, who ranks eighth in major-league history with 612 a 6-0 victory against the Texas Rangers at U.S. Cellular Field. 12. Minnie Miñoso ......................................